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they have corrected the wrong market ideas they had 20 years ago, and they have a much better education than, -- and tanzania is similar to thailand in 1972 and soon we will see african countries doing good. >> this is wonderful. our problems are solved w know what works and we will be rich. >>guest: no, we have this problem with two billion human beings in poverty. i did most of my research in the poor part of the world. all poor people are clever otherwise they would be died. if you are poor and stupid, you die. >> they don't have rule of law? >>guest: they don't have rule of law or access to credit and they are locked in a vicious circle poverty. it takes a small investment to get them out of that. to me it shows the aptitude of people. when a young couple decide to grab if the kingdom and to have two children, they invest in the children and they take off. we have two-child families from here and onward. the world is governed from that. it is not the big corporations or banks that run the economy, it is the young couple who decide to work. >> when they are educated with wealth they
they have corrected the wrong market ideas they had 20 years ago, and they have a much better education than, -- and tanzania is similar to thailand in 1972 and soon we will see african countries doing good. >> this is wonderful. our problems are solved w know what works and we will be rich. >>guest: no, we have this problem with two billion human beings in poverty. i did most of my research in the poor part of the world. all poor people are clever otherwise they would be died. if...
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when we have longer healthier lifespans we can go back to education and tryew years we would not have tried otherwise. >> they will change families? >>guest: we will be around longer, there is more potential to have more marriages and of course fertility extends, there could be different types of family structures. it wil be more diverse. >> you could have a sibling who is 50 years younger in. >> yes. >> some of this creeps me out a bit. "new york times" op-ed they write silly things and they said, people shld not live longer, you will lose purpose in life. i met a guy who said i am 69, if i make it to 75,'ll done, i've had it. don't you lose the edge? is there a natural cycle? >>guest: i think people tend to say that because they assum as you get older you also get ill but when thats the case, you do lose your lust for life but if you are healthy and energetic, there is so much more to do and you think about it, you never have enough time to do everything you want, do you? we need more time. >> there was a profile of the person, the billionaire who wrote the forward to your book, and
when we have longer healthier lifespans we can go back to education and tryew years we would not have tried otherwise. >> they will change families? >>guest: we will be around longer, there is more potential to have more marriages and of course fertility extends, there could be different types of family structures. it wil be more diverse. >> you could have a sibling who is 50 years younger in. >> yes. >> some of this creeps me out a bit. "new york times"...
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is a necessary part education.///sottto break/// 3 so, we all set? i've got two tickets to paradise! pack your bags, we'll leave tonight. uhh, it's next month, actually... eddie continues singing: to tickets to... paradiiiiiise! no four. remember? whoooa whooaa whooo! you know ronny, folks who save hundreds of dollars by switching to geico sure are happy. and how happy are they jimmy? happier than eddie money running a travel agency. get happy. get geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more.
is a necessary part education.///sottto break/// 3 so, we all set? i've got two tickets to paradise! pack your bags, we'll leave tonight. uhh, it's next month, actually... eddie continues singing: to tickets to... paradiiiiiise! no four. remember? whoooa whooaa whooo! you know ronny, folks who save hundreds of dollars by switching to geico sure are happy. and how happy are they jimmy? happier than eddie money running a travel agency. get happy. get geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen...
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pulled out. >> welcome you have a glass of higher education. you have only the wealthy going to college. you would have of the college is failing. the private sector is not willing to fund loans to every student. they are no more capable of choosing how to fund loans appropriately than the federal government. just look at what happened in 2008. we went from 16 to two dozen. >> but it is being subsidized by the government. gerri: you make the point that the public sector should be completely out. mark says they can't do that because there would be no college education. he responded that? >> marks in two minutes ago that the sector is profitable and brings the government money by lending it out. i think the private sector can turn something up profitable and that way higher education can't run roughshod over my generation gerri: the last word, mark? >> well, what we need to do is reduce the shift from government investment where they have been reducing the grants on a per capita basis and invest more in in the grants. >> more grants, more money.
pulled out. >> welcome you have a glass of higher education. you have only the wealthy going to college. you would have of the college is failing. the private sector is not willing to fund loans to every student. they are no more capable of choosing how to fund loans appropriately than the federal government. just look at what happened in 2008. we went from 16 to two dozen. >> but it is being subsidized by the government. gerri: you make the point that the public sector should be...
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stocks are still the best way to make money for your retirement, 529 plan for education. especially stocks with dividends, the kind of dividend payers i highlight in getting back to even. that's good investing. you'll never get any of those things if you use long-term horizon as an excuse or alibi to hold them, something you won't know about if you buy and forget. here's the bottom line, long-term investing has gotten mixed up with a lot of bad ideas over the years. it doesn't mean it's impossible or not worth trying. as long as you remember that saying, hey, come on, i'm a long-term investor is no excuse for not doing the homework or following the rules. in anything, being in stocks for the long term requires more diligence and more patience than if you're in there for the short term, so don't throw away all the lessons that i teach you. you're going to need them. to paraphrase that fabulous poetic amateur investor and world renowned beauty gertrude stein, a loss is a loss is a loss, unrealized or otherwise, and don't you forget it. bill in florida. >> caller: yes, jim.
stocks are still the best way to make money for your retirement, 529 plan for education. especially stocks with dividends, the kind of dividend payers i highlight in getting back to even. that's good investing. you'll never get any of those things if you use long-term horizon as an excuse or alibi to hold them, something you won't know about if you buy and forget. here's the bottom line, long-term investing has gotten mixed up with a lot of bad ideas over the years. it doesn't mean it's...
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i see how catholic charities educate kids and do a better job for less money. house said the -- city government left the park and dangerous mess and 12 private charity left it beautiful. also these ex-con max and they pick up the trash the government does not and after hurricane sandy there was a ton of cleanup. they helped out more than government. not only are charities
i see how catholic charities educate kids and do a better job for less money. house said the -- city government left the park and dangerous mess and 12 private charity left it beautiful. also these ex-con max and they pick up the trash the government does not and after hurricane sandy there was a ton of cleanup. they helped out more than government. not only are charities
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and the real education she received was in iraq where in march 23rd, her convoy took a wrong turn and ambushed by iraqis. she was captured and became the first american p.o.w. to be successfully rescued since world war ii . on april 1st, 2003 a special operation raid of u.s. army forces and army rangers and navy seals landed in iraq,missie jessica lynch . at 1:00 they entered the iraq hospital and after securing the location they found lynch. >> are you in pain. it is okay, lynch was suffering from mental distress and severe physical energies and within minutes. lynch was on a helicopter headed for much needed medical attention and after nine days in captivity her nightmare was over. >> you are doing wonderful. >> welcome back. >> her rescue. [ applause ] >> her rescue received a lot of news coverage and she was portrayed as a hero. she will not take credit and described herself simply as a survivor. please welcome a hero to me, jessica lynch. so good to have you here. [ applause ] every time i see the video, i get choked up. how old were you when that happened? >> 19. >> you were 19
and the real education she received was in iraq where in march 23rd, her convoy took a wrong turn and ambushed by iraqis. she was captured and became the first american p.o.w. to be successfully rescued since world war ii . on april 1st, 2003 a special operation raid of u.s. army forces and army rangers and navy seals landed in iraq,missie jessica lynch . at 1:00 they entered the iraq hospital and after securing the location they found lynch. >> are you in pain. it is okay, lynch was...
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the department has been working nonstop since the shooting that left 20 students and sex educators said. the group passed out free hot chocolate, doughnuts, and panda bears tickets on christmas eve. the archbishop is keeping his thoughts on the community. he spent 11 years as bishop of bridgeport, connecticut. today, he celebrated his first christmas in baltimore, presiding over mess. hundreds of catholics were mindful of the community. >> we are remembering them, praying for them, asking the lord to give them consolation and healing. and certainly to let them know how our solidarity in prayer. they have been inundated with so many things -- cards, letters, phone calls. what they need our or careers and our love. >> the archbishop spoke about newtown after celebrating mass this morning. he's is at the top of the wish list for pope benedict -- peace is at the top of the wish list for pope benedict. he offered special prayers for syria, the middle east crisis, communist china. the catholic church faces official who discrimination in china. the pope encourage arab spring nations, such as e
the department has been working nonstop since the shooting that left 20 students and sex educators said. the group passed out free hot chocolate, doughnuts, and panda bears tickets on christmas eve. the archbishop is keeping his thoughts on the community. he spent 11 years as bishop of bridgeport, connecticut. today, he celebrated his first christmas in baltimore, presiding over mess. hundreds of catholics were mindful of the community. >> we are remembering them, praying for them, asking...
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he was listed in a book of great leaders of education. he wrote incredible thesises, if there is such a word, with just wonderful observations. he was a teacher. he also taught at elmira reformatory. he taught english to juvenile delinquents. i could never read that piece until i got much older and had this certain experience. then i was able to read it. that was me. in other words, there is so much in the cellular memory or the dna. because i never knew him. but at 16, i discovered ipsen and shakespeare. when i finally read my father's thesis it was how to teach prisoners and delinquents through ipsen and shakespeare. you know? >> have you been able to find out a lot about him and his character and his life? >> not really. although very mystical things happen, you know? i was doing a concert -- i can't remember when. several years ago. i was with my two girlfriends one night at my house. and they were talking about their fathers. i couldn't relate to them because they had the experience of having a father. i came up to my office after th
he was listed in a book of great leaders of education. he wrote incredible thesises, if there is such a word, with just wonderful observations. he was a teacher. he also taught at elmira reformatory. he taught english to juvenile delinquents. i could never read that piece until i got much older and had this certain experience. then i was able to read it. that was me. in other words, there is so much in the cellular memory or the dna. because i never knew him. but at 16, i discovered ipsen and...
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at the bottom of the show, it's about educating you, giving you the ultimate insider's perspective, i'm not here to just dole out stock picks about the perverbal fish that you buy a man at whole foods. i'll show you the tricks that i use to pick out great stocks, and trade them like a pro. methods that allowed me to generate a 24% return after fees at my old hedge fund. these skills are what refresh this show and guide me as i manage my own charitable trust. i tell you everything before i ever pull the tricker. now let's get rolling. one of the easiest ways is stocks that could, but won't necessarily, end up on the show is by watching the stocks that appear on the new high list. stocks from that list, the highest of the high, obviously have something going for them, right? that's especially true in the market. if only the best of the best can hit new highs when the market is falling apart. what's it tell you when they're on the new high list, or the company itself has some serious momentum. no matter how they get there, many stocks on the new high list often just keep going higher. a gr
at the bottom of the show, it's about educating you, giving you the ultimate insider's perspective, i'm not here to just dole out stock picks about the perverbal fish that you buy a man at whole foods. i'll show you the tricks that i use to pick out great stocks, and trade them like a pro. methods that allowed me to generate a 24% return after fees at my old hedge fund. these skills are what refresh this show and guide me as i manage my own charitable trust. i tell you everything before i ever...
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the state is seeking to arm more educators in the wake of the newtown crisis. they have since opened it up and hundreds of teachers signed up and advocates say teachers can react quicker in those few minutes after the incident. utah is among a few states allowing people to use concealed carry weapons in public schools. >>> back here in howard county the joint task force on school safety wants to get feedback from the public. the group was established following the incident that happened in newtown, connecticut. so now parents can hear the county's plans to keep their skids safe in school -- kids safe in school and they're welcome to offer their own suggestions and and any question that they have. the forum is on tuesday, january 8th from 7:00 until 9:00 at night. it will be held at wild lake high school which is in columbia. >>> seven minutes after 6:00 right now. $1million has been sent to the eastern shore to help the victims of hurricane sandy. the federal government continues to process requests for help. the government is providing disaster aid to individu
the state is seeking to arm more educators in the wake of the newtown crisis. they have since opened it up and hundreds of teachers signed up and advocates say teachers can react quicker in those few minutes after the incident. utah is among a few states allowing people to use concealed carry weapons in public schools. >>> back here in howard county the joint task force on school safety wants to get feedback from the public. the group was established following the incident that...
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people who give advice to high school kids should say, start educating kids like we used to. neil: even if they found their jobs that don't pay what they used to, in this environment, it will pay you anything you are going to get and you will be grateful for it. >> the government has to understand. [talking over each other] [talking over each other] neil: what about barack obama? >> the government needs to get out of the way. manufacturing is to america what spinach is to popeye. the strength of america is manufactured. neil: yodon't think we can have a great country based on service? >> again, you go back to our terminals and electricity has to come through there. where you get do you get that from? a hydroelectric dam words power that is coal-fired. and now now they have all of these restrictions on coal mining and also the hydroelectric and i have talked to the people and they said that they can't find workers that work on the turbines to repair the turbines. so the day to come. it could come when no one is around to manufacture it. every little part has to be shaped. some
people who give advice to high school kids should say, start educating kids like we used to. neil: even if they found their jobs that don't pay what they used to, in this environment, it will pay you anything you are going to get and you will be grateful for it. >> the government has to understand. [talking over each other] [talking over each other] neil: what about barack obama? >> the government needs to get out of the way. manufacturing is to america what spinach is to popeye....
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happier people like hoda are more optimistic doggone it and have a higher chance of getting a university education. >> if you have a choice of being optimistic or not, you might as well be optimistic. you only have two choices. >> it seems like naturally certain people see this one-third full. >> which isn't enough. >> some would say that's two-thirds empty, doggone it, and that's just not right. you know what i'm saying? be grateful for what we have. >> i have a song for you i think you'll like. is this thirsty thursday. it is. since christmas is over, remember paul sikes the guy i love. >> yes, i like him. he wrote a song called "i already miss christmas." the kids are gone and the stockings are down, and this is a song that he wrote for this time. let's listen to this song i already miss christmas really loud please. ♪ there's wrapping paper on the floor ♪ ♪ the stockings aren't hanging anymore ♪ ♪ if santa came by here yesterday ♪ why does he feel so far away ♪ ♪ i already already already miss christmas ♪ >> that's sweet. i never feel that way. ♪ just a couple cookies in th
happier people like hoda are more optimistic doggone it and have a higher chance of getting a university education. >> if you have a choice of being optimistic or not, you might as well be optimistic. you only have two choices. >> it seems like naturally certain people see this one-third full. >> which isn't enough. >> some would say that's two-thirds empty, doggone it, and that's just not right. you know what i'm saying? be grateful for what we have. >> i have a...
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he had no education, no job skills, no training. his interpersonal communication skills were lacking. i understood why he was afraid to get out. >> getting a job and holding onto it, you know, and i keep thinking, you know, this is all i know. this is all i know. these guys come in here and feed us three times a day. we go out in this little cage all day. you're going to do what they say. like i say, it's two different worlds, you know. this world over here you have to be tough. you can't show any type of weakness in here, you know. you front all the way through here hiding behind this guy or hiding behind this name. i'm too old. i'm 45 now. i just want to retire now. i don't want to come back here no more. i'm through with it. i'm through with this place. i want to find something to do over there when i get out. i don't know, maybe a pastry chef or do something positive because i'm going to be too old to be digging ditches and i don't want to do that, you know. i want to get my first paycheck. i want to get my first income tax chec
he had no education, no job skills, no training. his interpersonal communication skills were lacking. i understood why he was afraid to get out. >> getting a job and holding onto it, you know, and i keep thinking, you know, this is all i know. this is all i know. these guys come in here and feed us three times a day. we go out in this little cage all day. you're going to do what they say. like i say, it's two different worlds, you know. this world over here you have to be tough. you can't...
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for educational purposes we want to come on the know to teach people about these crew kre tours for a serp reason. >> it looks like a cat and part bear. >> 90% of people have never even a bear cat. >> next we have a palmsiva. the droppings are used to fert lies droppings. >> he eats the coffee bean. it goes through his stomach and intestines and they take it and bake it for $500 a pounds. it is supposed to be medicinal. in sars, this is the animal that caused the sars disease. this is a delicacy in asia. they use the fur and the scent glands for perfume. but it loved to eat cobras as well. he could eat a king cobra. when a cobra strikes he goes like this. and you can predict it. this animal comes down on the ground and walks around the cobra and all of a sudden the creature runs around the cobra and the co are is trying to follow him and gets so dizzy and he falls over -- it's funny but not funny for the cobra. >> that's unbelievable. >> he goes around in circles until he is so dizzy. >> he knows how the do that. >> the palm civet. this animal here, is one you've heard about. this, pi
for educational purposes we want to come on the know to teach people about these crew kre tours for a serp reason. >> it looks like a cat and part bear. >> 90% of people have never even a bear cat. >> next we have a palmsiva. the droppings are used to fert lies droppings. >> he eats the coffee bean. it goes through his stomach and intestines and they take it and bake it for $500 a pounds. it is supposed to be medicinal. in sars, this is the animal that caused the sars...
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called a peace plan, which is promote reconciliation, equip leaders, assist the poor, care for the sick, educate the next generation. i want to say to everybody who's watching, it's not a sin to the wealthy, it's a sin to die wealthy. okay? in other words, money is a tool. it can be used for good or for bad. money is neither good nor bad, but it can be used for good or used for bad. bill gates told me one time, rick, use money to save time. that's a brilliant time. because you see, i only have 168 hours a week. we all have the exact same amount of time. we don't have the same amount of money. we all have the same amount of time. once i spend that time, i'm never getting it back. we can always get more money. if you use money to save time, that's a valuable investment of money. >> let's talk about your diminishing status. i mean physically. you're wasting away. and apparently so are 50,000 other people. i want to talk to you about this. >> you are making it part of your mission to take care of a temple of the soul. and that's not a place where as physicians we have commonly gone. we go to church.
called a peace plan, which is promote reconciliation, equip leaders, assist the poor, care for the sick, educate the next generation. i want to say to everybody who's watching, it's not a sin to the wealthy, it's a sin to die wealthy. okay? in other words, money is a tool. it can be used for good or for bad. money is neither good nor bad, but it can be used for good or used for bad. bill gates told me one time, rick, use money to save time. that's a brilliant time. because you see, i only have...
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that's how education decisions should be made. but at the same time i do support the idea of consideration putting an armed patrol officer. my sister in atlanta works at a receiving desk, and she's not prepared or trained for dealing with someone coming into the school. i would hate to think of my sister or another teacher have been to stop someone from breaking into their school. so it is something to consider, what we learned from friday and the ensuing conversations, we need to put all options on the table. >> but lapierre is saying don't even skier the clips and some are saying clips should be considered here? >> that certainly will be debated the gun control advocates have been talking about this since the tragedy happened and it's something we will be discussing s. but as we have said we need to look how we tree and identify though with his mental illness and look at the responsibility of the entertainment industry, with the influence that has on people. so -- there's a lot of things. >> a lot of possibilities. >> certainly.
that's how education decisions should be made. but at the same time i do support the idea of consideration putting an armed patrol officer. my sister in atlanta works at a receiving desk, and she's not prepared or trained for dealing with someone coming into the school. i would hate to think of my sister or another teacher have been to stop someone from breaking into their school. so it is something to consider, what we learned from friday and the ensuing conversations, we need to put all...
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now that we've been educated. how did we not know that? >> i don't know. i'm amazed. share your comments on the fox 5 facebook page. >>> we continue to follow developments in the fiscal cliff talks. the clock is ticking and still no deal in sight. the senate will meet again this morning starting at 11:00 to try to strike some sort of last- minute teal to avoid the fiscal cliff. >> republicans say they are willing to work with members of congress and the president to come to an agreement but yesterday on nbc's meet the press, president obama said gop leaders have rejected his proposal to make a comprehensive deal. >> we don't yet see an agreement and now, the pressure is on congress to produce. >> we are willing to work with whoever can help. there is no single issue that remains an impossible sticking point. >> today, senate majority leader harry reid could push for a fallback bill which roe woo raise taxes on families making $250,000 a year or more. that plan would also extend unemployment benefits for two million americans. >>> in our other top story, police continu
now that we've been educated. how did we not know that? >> i don't know. i'm amazed. share your comments on the fox 5 facebook page. >>> we continue to follow developments in the fiscal cliff talks. the clock is ticking and still no deal in sight. the senate will meet again this morning starting at 11:00 to try to strike some sort of last- minute teal to avoid the fiscal cliff. >> republicans say they are willing to work with members of congress and the president to come to...
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any other, education, health, even tax cuts create more jobs than spending on defense. >> what about number of people in uniform, do you cut that back and if so, how much? >> well, again, what we are talking -- they have already begun to cut it back from the 2005/2006 level but not bringing it back to where you were on -- prior to our invasion of irrauk and afghanistan. we are saying take it back there. that's another 17,000. that's not that great a cut. >> and as far as boots on the ground, for future conflicts, i think we see them more as low-level conflicts but special forces, the things like that, do you think that this reduced footprint of the number of troops would fit into this kind of ideology? >> well, yes, it is, because we switch from counterinsurgency and nation building to counterterrorism and basically you do you use special forces. we have advocated a special forces budget go up that is comparatively small, only about $11 billion. rely more on unmanned planes than manned planes so called drones. yeah, you can actually be more effective. this is the direction that the c
any other, education, health, even tax cuts create more jobs than spending on defense. >> what about number of people in uniform, do you cut that back and if so, how much? >> well, again, what we are talking -- they have already begun to cut it back from the 2005/2006 level but not bringing it back to where you were on -- prior to our invasion of irrauk and afghanistan. we are saying take it back there. that's another 17,000. that's not that great a cut. >> and as far as boots...
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it's tough to figure out how this well-educated, articulated young sacramento native ended up trolling international boulevard. but being arrested is nothing new for her. >> be cooperative and you know how this works, right? >> i have to go to jail. >> how many did you do last time? >> too many hours. it was eight -- it was too many. >> the teen rings up a quick string of arrests but it doesn't take long for word of a sting to travel up and down the track and scare off other women. >> she's looking back. she's probably spooked from the other swoop. >> police recognize this pair from a previous operation, but they refuse to take the bait tonight. >> no play. called me a cop. and they're still walking westbound. >> they might see one of their friends or a girl they're familiar with get picked up and in the distance see a couple police cars go by real quick all of a sudden, and it's just kind of -- you know, they have their -- you know, their little -- their little radar going. they also have that phone starts buzzing when other girls see their friends getting picked up. and word travels
it's tough to figure out how this well-educated, articulated young sacramento native ended up trolling international boulevard. but being arrested is nothing new for her. >> be cooperative and you know how this works, right? >> i have to go to jail. >> how many did you do last time? >> too many hours. it was eight -- it was too many. >> the teen rings up a quick string of arrests but it doesn't take long for word of a sting to travel up and down the track and scare...
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. >> caller: i'm a financial adviser and longtime viewer who appreciates what you do to educate and motivate investors. >> thank you. >> caller: i'm wondering if you would share your objective criteria are for investors to use in determining best of breed. thank you. >> well, i've got to tell you, best of breed, start with record dividends and then i go to how a company has done and consistently in good and bad times, and, yes, for best of breed i actually look at the product itself. is the product something i want to use, a bank i want to go to? is it, to use the danny meyer phrase, a great restauranteur, is it the one that's most hospitable to shareholders? anyway, new diversification. it's important. it's what we're preaching tonight. make sure your portfolio is home to some gold, a high yielder, okay. you need a growth stock. you know what, a spec, and then you need geographically safe area for one of them. i'll teach you how to pick the best ones. i want you to be comfortable with your own portfolio. "mad money" will be right back. >> don't miss a second "mad money." follow @jimcramer o
. >> caller: i'm a financial adviser and longtime viewer who appreciates what you do to educate and motivate investors. >> thank you. >> caller: i'm wondering if you would share your objective criteria are for investors to use in determining best of breed. thank you. >> well, i've got to tell you, best of breed, start with record dividends and then i go to how a company has done and consistently in good and bad times, and, yes, for best of breed i actually look at the...
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the taliban shot malala in the head because she was an outspoken advocate of education. but books won over bullets. the fifteen-year-old survived. she immediately asked for her school books. the world was gripped, moved, and inspired by the story of one determined young girl facing down an entire network of armed militants and winning. >> next, the stories that made news for all the wrong reasons, criminal acts that claimed far too many lives. and later, scandal. professional athletes, national leaders, even the royal family. nobody was immune from it in twenty twelve. [ laughs ] [ pencil scratches ] [ male announcer ] chevy's giving more. get the best offer of the year -- 0% apr financing for 60 months plus $1,000 holiday bonus cash. plus trade up for an additional $1,000 trade-in allowance. hurry. bonus cash ends january 2nd. [ sniffs ] i took dayquil but my nose is still runny. [ male announcer ] truth is, dayquil doesn't treat that. really? [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus fights your worst cold symptoms, plus it relieves your runny nose. [ breathes deeply ] awes
the taliban shot malala in the head because she was an outspoken advocate of education. but books won over bullets. the fifteen-year-old survived. she immediately asked for her school books. the world was gripped, moved, and inspired by the story of one determined young girl facing down an entire network of armed militants and winning. >> next, the stories that made news for all the wrong reasons, criminal acts that claimed far too many lives. and later, scandal. professional athletes,...
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expand more in university and i have liked and now president of many other institutions or any other educator at any level. it is more conducive working hand in hand with communities and that is where i stand in coming here today. >> congressmen elijah cummings said the board's decision was a done deal and said he was looking forward to a more diplomatic process where the public could have a say. >> i think we have a great board. 15 very dedicated people trying to make the right decision. we will hear from dr. wilson and make the best decision in the interest of the university. >> we have some good news tonight for the ports up and down the east coast in the retailers to depend on them. the possible strike that could a crippled the cargo economy will not happen for at least another 30 days. 11 news has been keeping an eye on the negotiations. federal mediators say that the union has agreed to extend their contract until at least midnight january 28th. the work stoppage would have idled shipments of a huge range of consumer products from electronics to clothing. now to the fiscal cliff hanger.
expand more in university and i have liked and now president of many other institutions or any other educator at any level. it is more conducive working hand in hand with communities and that is where i stand in coming here today. >> congressmen elijah cummings said the board's decision was a done deal and said he was looking forward to a more diplomatic process where the public could have a say. >> i think we have a great board. 15 very dedicated people trying to make the right...
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we give them education, food, love. this is the most precious time for them, and they are spending it with me. just imagine how lucky i am. >> it is my honor to present cnn hero pushpa basnet. >> these children have not done nothing wrong. they are simply caught in something they do not understand. we want to work with the government to bring them all out from the prison, and they deserve a better future. this work is the only thing for me and with your support we can keep going. thank you. initiated. neural speeds increasing to 4g lte. brain upgrading to a quad-core processor. predictive intelligence with google now complete. introducing droid dna by htc. it's not an upgrade to your phone. it's an upgrade to yourself. >>> i was 5 years old when my parents wanted to take me to a water park. i was really excited. but unfortunately i never had swim lessons. but my dad wanted to get on the biggest ride there, and me looking up to him, i wanted to follow suit. i pushed off, but unfortunately when i got to the bottom of the
we give them education, food, love. this is the most precious time for them, and they are spending it with me. just imagine how lucky i am. >> it is my honor to present cnn hero pushpa basnet. >> these children have not done nothing wrong. they are simply caught in something they do not understand. we want to work with the government to bring them all out from the prison, and they deserve a better future. this work is the only thing for me and with your support we can keep going....
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you're saying that edge of the price of education is going up because people are able to borrow more of the subsidy yes and yes absolutely the absolutely i mean you have something there's no way people could go to college that the tuition is totally outpaced the market they would have why do that and put them in for two hundred years in federal government got in there and got lockstep with them in they just increase or decrease how much each student can get when ronald reagan came into office roughly eighty percent was seventy nine and change roughly eighty percent of the cost of college education was paid for by federal state or local governments twenty twenty percent was paid for by students today roughly eighty one percent of tuitions paid for by students and less than seventeen percent is paid by federal state but those students are naples we had flown in upside down it went with their unable to go but it's been flipped upside down for most of their history this year i'm sorry loans zero out the grants and then the price falls it has to it has to do we can afford it nobody could
you're saying that edge of the price of education is going up because people are able to borrow more of the subsidy yes and yes absolutely the absolutely i mean you have something there's no way people could go to college that the tuition is totally outpaced the market they would have why do that and put them in for two hundred years in federal government got in there and got lockstep with them in they just increase or decrease how much each student can get when ronald reagan came into office...
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. >>> plus, forget about a college education. why the oil fields of america are now attracting the young. [ male announcer ] you are a business pro. executor of efficiency. you can spot an amateur from a mile away... while going shoeless and metal-free in seconds. and you...rent from national. because only national lets you choose any car in the aisle...and go. you can even take a full-size or above, and still pay the mid-size price. now this...will work. [ male announcer ] just like you, business pro. just like you. go national. go like a pro. >>> gold prices closing right now. let's get to bertha coombs. >> gold closing fractionally higher, on track for its twelfth yearly gain, smallest since 2008 because it's been a very tough quarter for gold. despite the fact we've had all these worries, whether it be the fiscal cliff, the election, the situation in europe. nonetheless, gold has just not been the safe haven. this morning, it was industrial metals that got a boost as we saw rallies in asia on hopes that maybe this new regime
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oppose female education. they may have been targeted because they worked to eliminate polio in the region. >> coming up tonight, a woman stabbed in the chest. and police say it all happened on board a metro bus. >> this is just such a shock, you know. i started to cry right away. i'm thinking my little church is on fire. >> plus a local church congregation in shock after a fire rips through their sanctuary. >> the nation's capitol is gearing up for president obama's second inauguration. the press and why things will be scaled back this time around. >>> a house of worship in prince georges county goes up in flames this morning. luckily no one was hurt but the church has severe damage. bob joins me now with the latest developments. >> investigators say they haven't determined what caused the early morning fire. nothing suspicious at first but for the members of that church community, this is a sad start to the new year. >> we're very sad. this is our church. we were here last ni
oppose female education. they may have been targeted because they worked to eliminate polio in the region. >> coming up tonight, a woman stabbed in the chest. and police say it all happened on board a metro bus. >> this is just such a shock, you know. i started to cry right away. i'm thinking my little church is on fire. >> plus a local church congregation in shock after a fire rips through their sanctuary. >> the nation's capitol is gearing up for president obama's...
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we give them education, food, love. this is the most precious time for them, and they are spending it with me. just imagine how lucky i am. [ applause ] >> it is my honor to present cnn hero pushpa basnet. [ applause ] >> namaste. these children have not done nothing wrong. they are simply caught in something they do not understand. we want to work with the government to bring them all out from the prison, and they deserve a better future. this work is the only thing for me and with your support we can keep going. thank you. [ applause ] >>> coming up, olympic gold medalist cullen jones. and later, we announce the 2012 cnn hero of the year. in what world do potatoes, bacon and cheese add up to 100 calories? your world. ♪ [ whispers ] real bacon... creamy cheese... 100 calories... [ chef ] ma'am [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup. [ sniffs ] i took dayquil but my nose is still runny. [ male announcer ] truth is, dayquil doesn't treat that. really? [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus fights your wo
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the satellite interview is furnished by the are you that guy influenza education campaign. >> anna doctor susanne welcome to the eyewitness news morning edition. it's good to have you with us this morning. >> nice to see you. sgrsz this -- >> this is such a fascinating topic. how do you be social not only during flu season but it's becoming a year round thing. witness a howie man dell who will have no body contact shaking hands hugging kissing with anybody. that's one extreme. then there are others. let's talk about this for a second. is it changes the way we -- is it changing the way we interact? >> flu has been evolving in recent years. flu is showing up early this morning. as you said it's always good habits to be in whether it's washing your hands regularly or could having into your elbow or sneezing boo a e -- into a tissue and throwing it away. some people might want to go to that extreme of never ever shaking hand. when you're not sick and the other person seems healthy that's okay so long as you are practicing good hand washing on a regular basis. if you see somebody coming at you
the satellite interview is furnished by the are you that guy influenza education campaign. >> anna doctor susanne welcome to the eyewitness news morning edition. it's good to have you with us this morning. >> nice to see you. sgrsz this -- >> this is such a fascinating topic. how do you be social not only during flu season but it's becoming a year round thing. witness a howie man dell who will have no body contact shaking hands hugging kissing with anybody. that's one extreme....
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a lot of college debt i sure do you know the deal used to be that you paid a significant amount for education but in turn that gave you a much higher salary later but now the system works in reverse many young americans studied very hard to not make any money at all around nine percent of americans with student loans have defaulted and at least nine but maybe up to eighteen percent are ninety days late with their payments given the situation the people at u.c. berkeley were nice enough to give away a million dollars in scholarships for everyone everyone that's an illegal immigrant yeah that's right if you're born in america then pay to jump the border and enjoy the red carpet education treatment the people who will be getting the scholarships are mostly the children of illegal immigrants who spent many of their formative years in america and yeah i can see the logic that could be hard for them to get an education when the when they aren't citizens but they came into the country illegally it isn't taxpayers jobs to help them but wait berkeley it's a private institution so i guess they can give
a lot of college debt i sure do you know the deal used to be that you paid a significant amount for education but in turn that gave you a much higher salary later but now the system works in reverse many young americans studied very hard to not make any money at all around nine percent of americans with student loans have defaulted and at least nine but maybe up to eighteen percent are ninety days late with their payments given the situation the people at u.c. berkeley were nice enough to give...
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they know these are wild animals, but for educational purposes, especially the honor of coming here to your show tonight, to teach people about these creatures. teach people about these creatures and an animal, they'll shoot the animal because it might get chickens or something. the good lord created creatures for a reason, this is spectacular. call them a bear cat because he looks like a bear. -- feels like a better. have you ever touched a bear? >> no. >> that's stupid. >> no, sensible. >> not many people have seen a bear cat binturong. >> amazing creature. thank you very much. next is a palm civet. >> i don't know if you remember the czars disease. >> the palm civet, its droppings are used to fertilize coffee. someone told me that. >> eats a coffee bin, goes through his intestines, take it and bake it and sell it for $500 a pound. palm civet coffee. can you imagine that? >> extraordinary. >> supposed to be medicinal. but if you remember czars ill disease killed people? >> yeah. >> this is the animal that caused the disease. it's a dell cassie in asia. sells for $200 in a restaurant.
they know these are wild animals, but for educational purposes, especially the honor of coming here to your show tonight, to teach people about these creatures. teach people about these creatures and an animal, they'll shoot the animal because it might get chickens or something. the good lord created creatures for a reason, this is spectacular. call them a bear cat because he looks like a bear. -- feels like a better. have you ever touched a bear? >> no. >> that's stupid. >>...
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you don't need people who need education denied education. >> zero cuts? >> no, not zero cuts. and we talked about even john boehner take saying yes in terms of age of eligibility to get into medicare, that's a major step for our country. it would reduce spending. >> republicans are playing the same game. i'm not saying republicans are squeaky clean on this. i think some of them are guilty, as well. but no one has the guts to do what everyone campaigned on. everyone campaigned on restoring fiscal sanity and blah, blah, blah. no one's got the guts to do it. >> let me answer brent's point. juan said something 20 me a moment ago i want to aggression. juan, you said maybe i'm out of touch. maybe i am, juan, but to me it's immoral what we are doing by stealing our children's money. and, juan, i don't think we are able to pay it back. and there's nobody in washington in this whole debate, and brent is right, there's some republicans, as well, that are just willing to make any deal to make this go away. >> oh, gosh. >> but to steal from our children this way and smash open their piggy
you don't need people who need education denied education. >> zero cuts? >> no, not zero cuts. and we talked about even john boehner take saying yes in terms of age of eligibility to get into medicare, that's a major step for our country. it would reduce spending. >> republicans are playing the same game. i'm not saying republicans are squeaky clean on this. i think some of them are guilty, as well. but no one has the guts to do what everyone campaigned on. everyone campaigned...
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plus, he works with animal education all the time. >> how much does this come down to trust is it. >> trust -- as far as trust, this guy here has to know what his animals are. >> can you ever trust these wild animals? they will do what comes naturally? >> they come -- >> never have i wanted to end the show more than i do right now. >> you know what, jack. >> we may never be back. >> it's been an experience. >> i'll shake your hand. >> it's been fascinating. thanks to jack hanna. tune in for jack hanna's wild countdown. that is all for us tonight. i'm going to have a cold shower. good evening. >>> hello, everyone, i'm don lemon, thanks for joining us. we are watching two major stories affecting your world tonight. one the health of the u.s. secretary of state. hillary clinton is in the hospital right now with a blood clot. full details on her condition and prognosis. also tonight, say the words with me here, fiscal cliff. no vote yet, no agreement yet. and not a lot of time left. can you say one more day? we're going to start with the secretary of state, hillary clinton, hospitalized w
plus, he works with animal education all the time. >> how much does this come down to trust is it. >> trust -- as far as trust, this guy here has to know what his animals are. >> can you ever trust these wild animals? they will do what comes naturally? >> they come -- >> never have i wanted to end the show more than i do right now. >> you know what, jack. >> we may never be back. >> it's been an experience. >> i'll shake your hand. >>...
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. >> that's all the more reason why he has to educate the country. he has to get out of the white house more. he should take a train and go around the country and talk to people about all of these issues so you can mobilize public sentiment. as lincoln said, without it nothing can happen. and that's the goal of the second term. >> i think the gun question, though, is almost less they question of presidential leadership and cultural leadership from people like tom and like me. we are the only two gun owners here. but if you're a moderate, if you're a quail hunter or dove hunter, you have to get into this and say, look, assault weapons are not what this is about. as president clinton said, he had never known anyone that needed an assault weapon to kill a deer. and this is a case where if people, if this is not an organic movement from the country, it's not going to work. it can't come from top down. >> i want to inject the larger political point. we have mid term elections coming up in two years. there's the trench warfare on the budget and entitlement
. >> that's all the more reason why he has to educate the country. he has to get out of the white house more. he should take a train and go around the country and talk to people about all of these issues so you can mobilize public sentiment. as lincoln said, without it nothing can happen. and that's the goal of the second term. >> i think the gun question, though, is almost less they question of presidential leadership and cultural leadership from people like tom and like me. we are...
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planning forward so you can start figuring that out sooner. ln fact, by thinking about where want your education to lead, while you're still in school, you might find the best route... leads somewhere you weren't even looking. let's get to work. >>> we are back. ali, if if people knew what happened in the breaks on this show. >> i was not planning in the long term planning i was expecting to be somewhere traveling and i was not expecting to be here, so everything is upended and as a result, i have my dinner here and chinese food and little coke zero to wash it down. >> i aid -- i said, ali, you have all of that stuff and you have coke zero. it is a good thing that you are charming. >> yes, because i am not winning anybody over with my looks and tight body. >> back to the news. >> back to the news. >> everybody up to the speed on the talks of the looming fiscal cliff, ali. >> not a surprise that democrats and republicans are not budging from the decisions, and here is a live picture and something is going on there, because the lights are on at capitol hill, and optimists hoped that a deal would v
planning forward so you can start figuring that out sooner. ln fact, by thinking about where want your education to lead, while you're still in school, you might find the best route... leads somewhere you weren't even looking. let's get to work. >>> we are back. ali, if if people knew what happened in the breaks on this show. >> i was not planning in the long term planning i was expecting to be somewhere traveling and i was not expecting to be here, so everything is upended and...
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third grade education. >> how did you find this out? >> i found it out by asking questions. finally, of him. >> he told you? >> he told me a lot about it. my aunt told me about and it other people in the town, small town in louisiana where he grew up, told me about the story. so it helped me to understand a lot of who he is, which made it easier for me to let go and forgive him. >> hard to forgive, though. >> it is, it is, but it's very necessary. what i found is this, and this is so true. if you do not forgive, you hold on to this thing inside of you that can change your life and take you in the wrong direction. 9 times out of 10, the people who have done things to you are asleep and at peace and you're holding on to it, it can literally become sickness in your body and make your physically ill. i think that forgiveness is beyond important. >> is he still alive, your father? >> he is. >> what kind of relationship do you have with him? >> we don't speak very much, but i am taking care of him. i make sure he has everything he needs. >> you support him? >> absolutely. 100%. as
third grade education. >> how did you find this out? >> i found it out by asking questions. finally, of him. >> he told you? >> he told me a lot about it. my aunt told me about and it other people in the town, small town in louisiana where he grew up, told me about the story. so it helped me to understand a lot of who he is, which made it easier for me to let go and forgive him. >> hard to forgive, though. >> it is, it is, but it's very necessary. what i...
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let's remember now, we have seen this year education budgets cut. we don't have money to give teachers raises. we had a teachers strike in chicago. we don't have money to do things that teachers need, but we'll find money to arm them, to train them, to buy them guns, ammunition. what are we saying? so we can arm teachers, but we can't give teachers money to give them the ability to be better educators? to me that's the wrong message to send. >> two sides are looking for meaningful contributions. the fact there was a gun buy-back program, the day after christmas, 1500 rifles and handguns were taken back by police in exchange for groceries and a cash back program there in los angeles. hugely successful. meanwhile, arizona's attorney general is proposes a voluntary programs where schools would arm at least one staff member. meanwhile, there's a gun group in utah offers a free concealed weapons course to public schoolteachers today. as we look for federal solution for this, and answers from our elected leaders, is it really the onus being on the local s
let's remember now, we have seen this year education budgets cut. we don't have money to give teachers raises. we had a teachers strike in chicago. we don't have money to do things that teachers need, but we'll find money to arm them, to train them, to buy them guns, ammunition. what are we saying? so we can arm teachers, but we can't give teachers money to give them the ability to be better educators? to me that's the wrong message to send. >> two sides are looking for meaningful...
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we also believe parents need to be educating their kids and talking to kids about appropriate sexual behaviors to assure all of the young people in philadelphia are prepared when they think about having sex for the first time. we believe that our role is to assure that as partners for parents, we provide what young people may need if they're going to act responsibly in terms of sexual relations. >> you talk about education and i just want to throw out numbers. 25% of new hiv infections in philadelphia alone are teenagers. 15% of philadelphia students say they weren't taught about hiv or aids in school. some might argue maybe more education might be the answer, not condoms. >> we don't think it's one or the other. we think most are important. we're including education not only in schools but also include the internet and we're providing condoms as we've been doing now for more than a year in a number of locations throughout the city for young people. >> let's talk a little bit about the program. tell me a little bit about how it will work, because the part that i sort of took to was t
we also believe parents need to be educating their kids and talking to kids about appropriate sexual behaviors to assure all of the young people in philadelphia are prepared when they think about having sex for the first time. we believe that our role is to assure that as partners for parents, we provide what young people may need if they're going to act responsibly in terms of sexual relations. >> you talk about education and i just want to throw out numbers. 25% of new hiv infections in...
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the taliban shot malala in the head because she was an outspoken advocate for the education of girls in pakistan, but books won over bullets. the 15-year-old miraculously survived. she woke up in a british hospital and according to her father, immediately asked for her school books. the world was gripped, moved, and inspired by the story of one determined young girl facing down an entire network of armed militants and winning. zain verjee, cnn, london. >> next, the stories that made news for all the wrong reasons. criminal acts that claimed far too many lives. >> and later, scandal, profession athletes, national leader, even the royal family. no one was immune from it in 2012. when you have diabetes... your doctor will say get smart about your weight. i tried weight loss plans... but their shakes aren't always made for people with diabetes. that's why there's glucerna hunger smart shakes. they have carb steady, with carbs that digest slowly to help minimize blood sugar spikes. and they have six grams of sugars. with fifteen grams of protein to help manage hunger... look who's getting
the taliban shot malala in the head because she was an outspoken advocate for the education of girls in pakistan, but books won over bullets. the 15-year-old miraculously survived. she woke up in a british hospital and according to her father, immediately asked for her school books. the world was gripped, moved, and inspired by the story of one determined young girl facing down an entire network of armed militants and winning. zain verjee, cnn, london. >> next, the stories that made news...
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. >> we're having a pattern now where people are failing to safeguard these weapons, that's an educational issue. it would have been nice if the nra had come out and reminded their base of support of the importance in this particular area. i think maybe how we should approach this is institute a moratorium for a short period of time. let things cool down, let everybody kind of depoliticize this topic and come at this thing intelligently. the reality of the situation, and i say this remorsefully, i am not convinced that an assault rifle ban is going to curtail this activity. one of the problems is, that in their opwisdom, the firearms industry introduced this particular weapon to the united states general populous, and it's been assumed since that point. you can only imagine how many of these are floating around already. >> i have an interesting tweet that said all recent mass killings were committed by 18 to 25-year-old young men who are white. are you saying we should start profiling white men? >> i think we should ask the question, why is america 30% white guys and 30% of the mass shooti
. >> we're having a pattern now where people are failing to safeguard these weapons, that's an educational issue. it would have been nice if the nra had come out and reminded their base of support of the importance in this particular area. i think maybe how we should approach this is institute a moratorium for a short period of time. let things cool down, let everybody kind of depoliticize this topic and come at this thing intelligently. the reality of the situation, and i say this...